9/27/11

My love for homemade doughnuts runs deep and long. There are so many ways to make them and so many ways to dress them up.

If you're not into making them I guess you could go to one of those trendy new fashionable doughnut places that seem to be popping up everywhere in the major cities. My favorites, and the ones that have been around for a while are Doughnut Plant in NYC and Top Pot in Seattle, WA.

Since I don't live anywhere near Seattle I was thrilled over the moon that Top Pot finally came out with their first cookbook. <---there is also a cute little video of the cookbook too.

Amazing. I mean really amazing. If you love kicked up doughnuts (or is it donuts?) then you have to buy this one. Some of the doughnuts are: raised doughnuts, cake doughnuts, maple bars, blackberry fritters, ducle de leche doughnuts, pumpkin old-fashioned doughnut, all kinds of glazes and the best ways to make them. The list of recipes of doughnuts is long; go to amazon and see for yourself. Way too many recipes to list here.

So with a fabulous cookbook as this I just had to get an extra one to give away. Just leave me a comment here and what is your favorite doughnut to eat or bake, make sure you're a fan of VanillaSugarBlog onFacebook, and thats it. I'll do the drawing on October 6, 2011.*Anonymous comments do not count.*Please have a valid name and email.*If you enter more than once you will be voted off the island!*One comment only!

If you are a doughnut lover as I am, then you'll just love this book. They help you make better donuts and make better glazes; excellent step by step instructions.This is a great way to show off your doughnut making skills to your friends and family. Oh yeah baby.If you want to buy one now (don't blame you) at a discounted price then check this out:

144 comments:

Every valentine's day I use my heart shaped donut pan to whip up some of the best love filled delights for my lucky guy! Chocolate, maple, blueberry, whatever the recipe - every occasion is better when donuts are involved!!!

My favorite doughnut to eat is a doughnut muffin from Scratch Bakery in Durham, NC -- dipped in butter & rolled in sugar & spices. I haven't much doughnut-making experience of my own yet, but maybe you can rectify that! :D

This cookbook looks awesome! I haven't really made doughnuts at home before but I would love to try! My favorite one to buy is just a simple glazed doughnut from this great doughnut shop by my school...they're always really fresh and yummy!

probably the Sophie's Choice of the baking world. when i was a kid i lived off of apple-cinnamon donuts fresh-made at our local 24-hour place. i haven't gone back for one in ages, but that's still my favorite!

I'm a sucker for glazed but my real love is for the apple cider donuts from Delicious Orchards in Colts Neck, NJ. We used to go there all the time when I was a kid and they practically disappeared before the drive home! I've been debating about trying to make them at home but they seem SO complicated. But, kind of think I need to try because my BF's mom apparently is the Queen of Donuts and someone has to take over the crown at some point :D

Our city needs some good donuts (why add more letters, K.I.S.S. right?), maybe I can bake and fry them up with the help of this book! Pumpkin doughnuts here we come.

With the shops we have in town, I tend to go for chocolate glazed (chocolate donut with chocolate icing) as they can do that well enuf...whenever I visit somewhere with a better shop, a good cake donut or fritter is in order :-)

Hi! I really love doughnuts, I'm glad you talk about them because I have never seen a blog talking about them, and they are just great! I love all doughnuts from donkin'donuts but they never sell my favourite at my store: The peanut butter cream filled doughnuts with glasé and almond crunchy topping!!!It is just delicious!

Keep on with your great blog!use I have never seen a blog talking about them, and they are just

I love to cook, I love cookbooks, and I love donuts!!! :) My favorite donut is cider donuts! They are made with cider and coated with cinnamon sugar! I have apple orchards near me and with the fresh cider in season, these donuts are to die for!

I kind of prefer the regular glazed doughnut and the old fashioned heavier one, those i'm addicted to the chocolate bread with glaze ontop. I'm drooling now. I've never baked or fried doughnuts but i've always wanted. I'm very intimidated with the whole deep fried part and all of the doughnut making process even though I've made bagels and all sorts of bread.

So many things to say here. First, please don't count me in the giveaway because I got my own copy! Second, you should come visit and we can eat them everyday. Third, I have never made doughnuts and I'm afraid. Fourth, I know the woman who really wrote this book and I lurve her.

Our 4 kids are crazy about my cinnamin sugar doughnuts. For Fat Tuesday before lent, we always make them. Sometimes when we have the urge, but no time, we cheat and use biscuit dough because sometimes, you just need a fried cinnamin sugar doughnut!! LOVE your blog, Joy

I grew up making doughnuts once a year with my mom in her iron skillet. My brother and I would get to decorate them however we wanted. They tasted amazing! My favorite doughnut was and always will be the chocolate cake doughnut. My father would always head down to the local doughnut shop every Friday morning when we were kids and pick up our favorites. When I go home for a weekend or a holiday visit my father still heads to the local doughnut shop and picks me up a chocolate cake doughnut. YUMMY!

I love my mom's fry cake donuts...we always loved to eat them warm when they still had crispy edges around the center and would shake them in either powdered sugar, cinnamon sugar, or dunk them in pure maple syrup! Yum yum gimme some!

it would have to be the chocolate glazed, of which when i was a kid, would not last long into the night with me around! i dont even care that the doughtnut police say they are not good for ya...who cares, i will die happy!!!

Russian version of the donughts is called "ponchiki" - they are served plain with a dipping sauce. I recently made some, check it out:http://infooditrust.blogspot.com/2011/05/doughnut-holes-with-raspberry-beer.html

I live in a city where there is a place called Quality Dairy. They have the most amazing donuts. My favorite is the double dribble, named after Magic Johnson. It is chocolate with peanut butter frosting and chocolate swirls. YUM.

A family favorite this time of year is apple cider doughnuts with a frapple (frozen apple cider put through a blender) Even though we moved to FL two years ago, I always make a trip home to pick apples, pick up apple cider doughnuts and cider from the orchard and ship it all back.

I've been to Doughnut Plant in NYC as well and they're doughnuts are phenomenal!!! I really liked the p.b. & j one but I absolutely loved the pumpkin cake. I would say that the pumpkin cake doughnut is definitely my favorite.

Being a full-bred PA Dutch gal, my utmost fave d'nuts to make are Fasnachts (traditional fried potato dough balls). There's something so satisfying about the process: prepping batches and batches of the dough, letting it raise overnight, and hand-cutting each one individually. I was born with doughnut-making in my blood, love to get inspired over the recipes of Top Pot!

I've never made doughnuts... but have always wanted to try. I really want to make doughnuts with pumpkin. I am a sucker for pumpkins and fall. =) I don't eat them often, but when I do, I like custard filled ones.

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